IN OTHER NEWS …

When Buying a House, Consider Climate Change [The New York Times] Judging by this article, getting home insurance and passing inspections in a post-warming world are a much scarier prospect than actually getting inundated by a biblical-type flood.

DC Court of Appeals Blocks McMillan Redevelopment [Urban Turf DC] I mean, yeah, the planned development was kind of a sore thumb compared to its low-key residential surroundings, but just like everyone else, I assumed big money would carry the day. (Don’t get your hopes up, this is far from a final decision.)

America’s First Real Estate Presidency [Politico] When I read the phrase “real estate presidency,” I think of the President spraying “chocolate chip cookie” aerosol odor around the White House right before the foreign dignitaries arrive.